Provider profilesn The 2016 Execution Management System Survey

The 2016 Execution
Management System
Sur vey
PROVIDER PROFILES

Survey respondents were asked to
provide a rating for each Execution
Management System (EMS) provider
on a numerical scale from 1.0 (very
weak) to 7.0 (excellent), covering 13
functional criteria. In general 5.0
represents the ‘default’ score of
respondents. In total more than 200
individuals responded; more than

300 evaluations were submitted; andmore than 20 providers wereevaluated. The evaluations were usedto compile the eight Provider Profilescovering the major providers basedon responses received. Eachevaluation was weighted according tothree characteristics of therespondent; the value of assets undermanagement; the scale of businessbeing conducted electronically; andthe number of different providersbeing used. In this way theevaluations of the largest andbroadest users of ExecutionManagement Systems were weightedat up to twice the weight of thesmallest and least experiencedrespondent.

In arriving at any overallcalculations, the scores received inrespect of each of the 13 functionalcapabilities were further weightedaccording to the importance attachedto them by respondents to the Survey.The aim is to ensure that in assessingservice provision the greatest impactresults from the scores received fromthe most sophisticated users in theareas they regard as most important.Finally it should be noted thatresponses provided by affiliatedentities are ignored and a few otherresponses, where the respondent wasnot able to be properly verified, werealso excluded. niStock